The year is 1983. Pick a pistol.

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August 03, 2018, 09:58 PM

jbourneidentity

The year is 1983. Pick a pistol.

quote:
Originally posted by jljones:
The year is 1983. And you are tasked with picking a reliable semi-automatic pistol to outfit your four man unit. The 1911 is off the table.

What do you chose?

BHP all day long.

August 04, 2018, 10:55 AM

SIGWolf

Surprised no one mentioned Glock 17. Wasn't it in production in 1982?

August 04, 2018, 10:58 AM

10round

Uniform-P226, otherwise P228 (I think it was in production???)

August 04, 2018, 11:34 AM

RogueJSK

quote:
Originally posted by 10round:
otherwise P228 (I think it was in production???)

Not until 1988.

August 04, 2018, 01:48 PM

RichN

Whatever I picked in 1983, it would have been replaced in 1984 after I saw Sonny Crocket's Bren Ten.

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August 04, 2018, 03:59 PM

SSAreGreat

CZ 83

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August 04, 2018, 04:08 PM

Nismo

quote:
Originally posted by SIGWolf:
Surprised no one mentioned Glock 17. Wasn't it in production in 1982?

I did on the first page.

August 04, 2018, 05:40 PM

DoctorSolo

quote:
Originally posted by Spieler:
HK P9S

This, in 9mm please.

I still want one.

August 04, 2018, 06:03 PM

cslinger

And you would have had the baddest single shot out there.

IIRC D&D couldn’t reliably get magazines for the Bren.

August 04, 2018, 06:14 PM

MikeinNC

BHP

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August 04, 2018, 06:15 PM

RogueJSK

quote:
Originally posted by cslinger:
And you would have had the baddest single shot out there.

IIRC D&D couldn’t reliably get magazines for the Bren.

Yep. There was such a bottleneck in magazine supply that they resorted to shipping Bren Tens with no magazine, just an IOU for a magazine in the box.

August 04, 2018, 06:21 PM

ScreamingCockatoo

S&W Model 39 or maybe the 59.

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August 04, 2018, 07:17 PM

Maestro

I’d visit Austria and find some dude working on plastic rods and knives and see if he would like to partner with me to make a plastic pistol.

August 04, 2018, 07:55 PM

divil

Makarov.

August 05, 2018, 11:28 AM

jimmy123x

1983 and 1983 ammo. A Colt 1911 for sure.

August 05, 2018, 11:58 AM

AZnine

Beretta 92FS

August 05, 2018, 12:15 PM

mlazarus

High power. The handgun of choice for the trans-national armed professional of the early 80s.

August 05, 2018, 12:21 PM

RogueJSK

quote:
Originally posted by Maestro:
I’d visit Austria and find some dude working on plastic rods and knives and see if he would like to partner with me to make a plastic pistol.

And Gaston would say: "Why would I need to partner with you? I already designed the Glock 17 two years ago (1981) and it entered production last year (1982)..."